First Saturday - Oct.1

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This Saturday is the First Saturday of October and an opportunity for us to offer reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This devotion to Mary, especially on Saturdays has a long history but the particular devotion of the Five First Saturdays has been linked to the apparitions of Mary to the three shepherd children at Fatima:
On June 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima told Jacinta and Francisco that they would soon go to join Her in Heaven. And then She added:
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“But you (Lucia) are to stay here some time longer. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make Me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to My Immaculate Heart. To whoever embraces this devotion I promise salvation; these souls shall be dear to God as flowers placed by Me to adorn His throne.” (Underlining is mine)
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It is important to note that Mary tells Lucia that Jesus wishes devotion to Mary’s Immaculate Heart. Mary always seeks to do God’s Will and encourages us also to “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:5).

On December 10, 1925, Our Lady, with the Child Jesus beside Her, appeared to Sister Lucia. Mary was holding out Her Heart surrounded by sharp thorns. Both asked for reparation to be made to the Immaculate Heart. Our Lady promised to assist with all the necessary graces for salvation at death of those who would make the Five First Saturdays. That is, those who, for five consecutive first Saturdays of the month, would go to Confession, receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and spend fifteen minutes meditating on the Mysteries of the Rosary, all with the intention of making reparation to Her. (Later Our Lord said that Confession could be on another day as long as one receives Holy Communion in the state of grace.)

On May 29, 1930 Our Lord explained to Sr. Lucia that the five Saturdays were in
reparation for:
  1. Those who deny the Immaculate Conception.
  2. Those who deny Our Lady’s virginity.
  3. Those who deny Our Lady’s Divine maternity and that She is the Mother of all
    mankind.
  4. Those who cause children to have indifference, contempt or hatred toward Our
    Lady.
  5. Those who commit outrages against Holy Images of Our Lady.
For more information on the Five First Saturdays" Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and also the Nine First Fridays’ Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, please see HERE
 
Thank you for the reminder. I’ve been meaning to try this devotion, as well as getting back in the habit of doing first Fridays.
 
Ladygem said:
Thank you for the reminder. I’ve been meaning to try this devotion, as well as getting back in the habit of doing first Fridays.
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Dear Ladygem,

Thanks for your reply and for your willingness to offer reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on First Saturdays. It is great that you are also “getting back into the habit” of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on First Fridays.

Seeing the culture of death spreading all over the world, it seems to me that we need to offer reparation to Jesus and Mary, and to do our best to overcome evil with good.

God willing, I hope to post another reminder next week before First Friday, Oct. 7. It is a beautiful confluence on that date: both the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and the First Friday of October. How truly those Two Pierced Hearts are united in love!
 
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